The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-09


crowds, everybody bent upon shakin
hands with the President of the natio
and his wife. The ladies seem to lik
the crushing better than the men. A
{ all events l have always found theI
take the consequent jostling of such
crowd very good humoredly. TheI
is always some man around who wi
! create laugh, and in this manner tn
surglng crowd moves along. Once il
the White House it is quick work. Th
company gradually merge into singh
: file, and las soon as the President i
reached he graspS your hand, says
How do you dor" You bow the heat
(almost forgetting to look him in tn
face) and pass along to Mrs. Cleveland
who is close by and the same operation
is gone through. All this is the work
of a couple of seconds. Indeed, ont
passes on so quickly that there
is no time for thought. 1t is very
amusing to hear the remarks of some
people who, in the excitement of the
moment, have utterly failed to &C
complish the end they had in view
namely, to have good SOU are look al
Mrs. Cleveland. 81 forgot to look a.
her face at ALL says one; ~ didn't
nall look at her," says another; 81
have good mind to go through again, ,
say dozens, but as rule they don't &c
the second time for fear of being de-
tected. They content themselves by
endeavoring to have a peep through
one of the doors, and then they go away
satisfied.
The reception upon New Years Day
seemed to be very fati guing to the
President. He stood the ordeal wonder
fully, but it was not difficult to see that
he was suffering pain. Since saw him
last July he seems to have aged con-
siderably, The wrinkles in his face are
getting very deep-a great contrast to
the beautiful, Winsome face of his wife.
There is no doubt that the President
has been sick man, and he is by no
means wholly recovered. He is very
ieshy. He must, in fact, weigh some
thing like 275 pounds, with indications
of getting heavier. The doctors advise
him to take more exercise. When well
he frequently rides out in his carriage,
accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland, but he
is seldom seen afoot outside of the
White House. He is a demon to work,
and will be very busy for the nexttwo
months while Congress is in session.
Congress will reassembie on Tuesday.
There will be very little work done this
week. The appropriation bills will
have to be taken in hand at once, and
there will be one or two further attempts
IN various ways to tinker with the tariff
question. The country will anxiously
await the result of Mr.. Randall's de-
llberations upon this subject during the
recess. 1t was said that he was going
to FIX up, or endeavor to, some kind of
a tariff bill that would be acceptable to
the majority. 1t is to be hoped he has
succeeded in framing such a bill. The
enormous surplus now in the treasury
must be reduced. A large portion OF it
ought to be spent in the building of
coast defences, the building of a navy,
and other improvements for which the
people OF the country are clamoring.
Further tinkering ought to cease. More
work and less talk ought to be the order
of the day.
Of course, an attempt will be made to
get up the Edmunds-T Tucker bill, but.
as 1 have repeatedly said, Congress is in
no temper to deal with such a measure
in the face of important national
legislation that ought to be passed
this session. "Mormonism," by its
enemies, is made great big question
In Utah, but 1t cuts no figure in the
east. Here people have something
more important to attend to-their |
own business. Attention to that keeps
Them busy. People who hitherto have |
been blinded with prejudice against |
hem are beginning to concede that the |
Mormons have some rights which |
ought to be respected. Such measure
IS the Edmunds-Tucker bill overrides
very right guaranteed to an American
'ltlzen. 1t is too monstrouS to be en-
ertained for one moment, and in deal
ng with it Congress had better look be-
ore it leaps.
"Alone in London" was PLAYED
Nightly at the National Theatre last
week. Miss Ada Dwyer and her hus-
and are members of the company.
Both played important parts. Ada
GEMS quite at home in her chosen pro-
ession, and as Jack Chickweed, the
ripple, acquitted herself in the most
reditable manner.
The representatives of the LOYAL
league in Observation-Disclosures. Baskin
nd Bennett, accompanied by their sec
etary, } ohm =. Young, have been in New
Iork during a portion of the holidays.
hey will all return in time for
he reassembling of Congress. l I'M
Ierstand they are very much disap-
yin OON M!Iu Tile I6SuIG OF GQPlT ldDOrS
o far. "Baskin," said CONGRESSMAN
0 me the other night, thought he had
nothing else to do but to come to Wash
ngton and get Congress to do Just
that he liked. He will find he is mis-
AIKEN before the session is over" Said
q other gentleman; "Mormonism is
n old chestnut: ring the bell; Con
ress wants nothing to do with it. Let
ne Mormons settle their own problem,
nj believe that if they are let alone
ley will do it."
All sorts Of conjectures are INDUCED
/, in regard to the plans OF the Nor
IONS. The Yeriest rot is written about
lelr powerful lobby IN Washington.
wing men grasp at straws. All this
Tx about the Mormon lobby is one
the Straws. Utah ought to be made !.
State, said wel-known politician
me the other night, and l think
our people are foolish in that they
9n't work in that direction" The 4
'ashingtOn Sunday Herald seems to
ave been meditating in the same strain.
It's edition OF yesterday l find the
flowing:
II Utah should ever be purified 50 as to be
united as a State, IL would be Il good idea
unite her with the 'sage-brush common
-AIIn, NeYa a, ana so get ria OF two
omo!les IN the Union, a rotten borough
ite so scantliy populated that il ought to
"a"